Mustafa Kemal
Was he perfect? By no means. He was, in fact, human, all too human. But he rescued Asia Minor from the threat of foreign occupation and, out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, founded a secular republic. Today, that republic continues the struggle to define itself and to forge a livable future for its 80 million inhabitants. It is remarkable to me how many Liberals in the so-called West wish to see that struggle fail.
